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2012-06-12

Thomas Sowell notes that it's inaccurate to call President
Obama a socialist, since he really doesn't advocate government
ownership of the means of production.

In fact, it's worse:

What President Obama has been pushing for, and moving toward, is more
insidious: government control of the economy, while leaving ownership in
private hands. That way, politicians get to call the shots, but, when
their bright ideas lead to disaster, they can always blame those who own
businesses in the private sector.

Politically, it is heads-I-win when things go right, and tails-you-lose
when things go wrong. This is far preferable, from Obama’s point of
view, since it gives him a variety of scapegoats for all his failed
policies, so that he no longer has to use President Bush as a scapegoat
all the time.

So, if not socialism, what do you call it? Hint: begins with "F" and
Jonah Goldberg
wrote
a book
about it.

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